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Southland Times, Issue 3926, 21 January 1881, Page 2

t.' ' — ' 3" , ' Gkelong Compact. — The adjourned raeetifg of the Geelong Gold-mining Company takes place this evening at MrHannah'fe 'office, Edrnslaw€h'afnbcrs. TB hipj? Habbok - Board.'— Nqtice t is else- j where given of the ensuing election of two ratcpayeis of thetown to serve as members l 6t the Bluff Harbdr t ßbafd > . "Tfromfpations" have to be senf'in to the Befcnrning^bfficer, at the Council Chambers, before the 31st inst. r ', ' ' s 1 'Ohauoe 'OF HOKSESTEALtNG.-^ohn Cor-, mick, not McCormnck as stated yesterday, was brought before His Worship at the K.M., Com t ye=>teiday, on a charge as above, alleged to have been committed" atf'Sfl Bathans, near Naseby. The accused had admitted, without hesitation, 'that 'he vrw thednan'watftgd when apprehended by Detective . Tuohy.-t , Kis explanation , of. the. horse .ftffinio. was, that he I bad not stolenrit^having only taken it for a I ride to Palmerston, r a distance of 70 miles, I where he left; it in charge of a'personwho was to send it back. Inspector Buckley informed His 'Worship that/. he , had< wired accused's stateraeut to St. Bathans,. and had received a reply -to the effect tbat his assertions would be enquired into,, and,if found " time the warrant would be cancelled. In these His -Worship remanded the accused 'tin Mdhday-^to be brought up 9wl|n ii th? wftnmt mm^

The Longwood Nugget.— Haviug kept | this nugget on view in his window for some con- j siderable time' for tbe gratification of public curiosity, Mr C. Freeman announces tint he Is now prepared to sell it. To an\one going home this offers an excellent opportunity of securing what yrauld be a very "in-. Jeresting exhibit — to friends and otherwise— and a pro*itablc investment'at the same time, as, we believe, the difference between the price of gold here and in England would Jeive a fair margin of profit to the pur-' chaser. Accident Tat .Stewart Island.— The cutter Rapid -arrived" at the Bluff from Stewart iJand on Wednesday evening, having been specially chartered to bring over a mill hand„named Johnson, who met with an accident" whilst .cutting trees in the bubh at the island for .McOalluin's sawmill. It appears thatpJofinson &nd his mate had just sawn a large' tree,^nearly through, when the former inserted his. axe in'thecut as a- wedge. His mate, in knocking the wedge out, drove the axe with euch^force that it flew over to Johnson and cut him in the calf of the leg, a deep gash 'seveiing several* of the leading arteries. The Rapid at once Y got under way for the Bluff, but arrived too lhtet'o catch the train. • Johnson meantime -had lost a very large quantity of blood, but as soon as he t arrived at the^BluffDr Lightband attended to his injuries ancl'ls!oppe& the bleediug, and yesterday* moi ning' accompanied him to the Inveicargill Hospital. What the Crown Gets. — The following report by.; Mr McArthur T-was read at the meeting of the "Waste Lands Board yesterday: — VI have the honor to report that the quantity of timber cut from the Crown forests of Southland during the month of December and part of November, amounted to 1,690,797- sapeificial feet, and the loyalty to £210 17s" id. A considerable portion ofthis, .however,- belongs to November, in consequence of a number of the returns beinjg too late for. entry, in last month's, report* The quantity cut' during ! the Vea'r "lending the Slst December, 1880, under Government royalty, amounts . t0\,12j447,168 supeificial feet, and the royalty to £1557 4s 6d. I estimate the quantity cut from 'the municipal -reserves in Seaward Bush at 4,160,000 feel, which would amount to 16,007,168 superficial feet for the year, and tbe royalty, £2077 4s 6d. 'Deducting £520 paid ttf'the niunicipali- i ties, the Government revenue from royalty amounts to £3557 4s Gd, to which add £102 6s for firewood and fencing licenses. Total direct revenue; £1659 10s 6d." '•■ ; ' Waste Lands Board.— Tbe members of the Board present at the meeting yesterday .were Messrs Lumsden, Toshach, and Mitchdll — the chair being taken by Mr Lumsden in the absence "of 'Ehe"Cßief " Commissioner.— John Stevenson, Waianiwa,, applied to the Board to allow* him t.o lease or purchase a portion of section 37,T block 11, New River "Hundred, which iSa'railway reserve near the' township. , He,wanted~a fev^acres tq r gi-aze ii ,; 'cew oh;- land- in the township* being' too; ;dear- ; for that purpose at £30 per acre; ; Tliis high price/ he considered, prevented the sale of j-t he township, of which he'was the only Mnhabi- 1 tant. After some discussion it was resolved that the Government be lecoiuuiendeil to proclaim Waiah'iwa-township a village se;tlcment, and that section 37. -be surveyed into 5-acfe- allotments and added to t he village, at . a price of , ; £5 per acre,— Patrick Dw.yer applied to be allowed id transfer his d.p. .section 36, of block 3, Ryal Bush, to Michael Lyons; ■ and. Janet Weir, lessee of d.p, section 11 34, block 4, Menzies Ferry, made a similar reT quest to transfer the land to.her brother Jas. Todd. Ordered tp be advertised for 30 day.-. — The application to lease, section 56, Wairio, by Wm. Dodds, was referred to. the Ranger for. report. — C. F. Spath, Dunedin, asked to jbe allowed to assume a partner in section 616, Hokonui. Refused ; the Act not provide ing for such permission, except at time of taking up land.— D.p. sections were granted to J. Coneghan, 604. aiid J. Keovvn, 459, both^n Hokonui district ; and section 5, block 5,-Fernhilis, to CV F. Clark.— Tbe application of H. Crockett to purchase a rcsi- • dential area at 1 Orepuki was postponed, the description given beiug insufiicieut. Otatara BusH;-^-The inhabitants of the ' Peniiisulahaying been poorly off in the matter of school accommodation, ,and the Board of Education having met the deficiency by erecting a very neat and commodious schoolhouse, t - -determined to celebrate the event by a social gathering. Accordingly, on Monday last, ''■ : a'*large number of • residents, with reinforcements from thc-neighborhood,of theTßay yßoad, Waikiwi, and from Invercargill, met to amuse themselves and be amused, in both of which they succeeded in good fashion. The youth of the district, boys and girls, young men and maideus, mustered strong, and to tbe strains of the fiddle tripped it nimbly. Tea was provided, and all manner of; good things dispensed al6ng with it, and at about eight inthe evening a concert and geneial enjoyment began, and was well carried out. the programme being arranged with regard to grave and gay, and alttruatng between 'music, philosophy, and political economy. The chair was occupied by Mr W. W. Brown, chairman of the School Committee, who firsc called on Mr T. Pratt) tf jhvercargill, who addressed the meeting ou the education question. Professor Hawkins was present with his instrument, and our übiquitous friend (when good. service in a good cause is needed), • Fred Clifton. Mr Miller, teacher of theschoal, gave a' humorous reading, and ladies aud gentlemen by turns exercised tbeir vocal powers with pleasing effect. A thoroughly successful evening was got through at about hall past 10, there scemiug aft evident determination on the part of many, with the aid of the fiddle, to make a night of it. However, as the winter' left when' fhe ringing of the National Anthem had ..formally dispersed the assembly, he i^ not in a position to say ,■ /whether the intent was carried out, but from preliminary, symptoms guessed it would be.